For example, a 1991 survey, recorded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, found Black people were no more likely to use drugs than a White person. However the amount of drug arrests of blacks more than double from 1985 to 1989 and drug arrests of the white population only increased by 27%. Justice Department Statistics reports that Blacks only make up 12% of the American population but amount for 74% of those sentenced to prison for drug possession

The 13th amendment paves the way for this kind of slavery, when it states: